Tourism and global environmental change : ecological, social, economic, and political interrelationships / edited by Stefan Gössling and C. Michael Hall.

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ISBN:

9780415361323

Title:

Tourism and global environmental change : ecological, social, economic, and political interrelationships / edited by Stefan Gössling and C. Michael Hall.

Author:

Gössling, Stefan.

Personal Author:

Gössling, Stefan.

Publication Information:

Abingdon, Oxon. ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Physical Description:

xi, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility

Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility.

Routledge/contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility.

Series Title:

Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Subject Term:

Tourism -- Environmental aspects.

Global environmental change.

Added Author:

Hall, Colin Michael, 1961-

Format:

Books

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0511/2005011328.html

Publication Date:

2006

Publication Information:

Abingdon, Oxon. ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

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This fascinating book is the first comprehensive analysis of the economic, social and political interrelationships between tourism and global environmental change: one of the most significant issues facing humankind today. Its contributors argue that the impacts of these changes are potentially extremely serious both for the tourism industry, and for the communities dependent upon it.

Integrating knowledge from the social and physical sciences, this significant book explores they key issues surrounding global environmental change, as well as government and industry willingness to meet the challenges posed by it. Divided into four main sections, it investigates:

the tourism and global environmental change relationship in specific environments global issues related to environmental change differing perceptions of global environmental change held by tourists and the tourist industry.

Comprehensive in scope, topical and integrative, this key text is essential reading for students, scholars and researchers in all aspects of tourism, geography and environmental studies.

Stefan Gossling and C. Michael HallMargaret E. JohnstonDaniel ScottBrenda E. Jones and Daniel Scott and Stefan GosslingStefan Gossling and Thomas HicklerStephen J. Craig-Smith and Richard Tapper and Xavier FontRobert Preston-Whyte and Shirley Brooks and William ElleryC. Michael HallC. Michael HallStefan GosslingChris R. de FreitasC. Michael HallJacqueline M. Hamilton and Maren A. LauSzilvia GyimothyDaniel ScottChristian J. Nothiger and Rolf Burki and Hans ElsasserErika Andersson Cederholm and Johan HultmanStefan Gossling and C. Michael Hall

List of tables	p. vii
List of figures	p. ix
List of contributors	p. x
Preface	p. xii
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
1 An introduction to tourism and global environmental change	p. 1
Part I Environments	p. 35
2 Impacts of global environmental change on tourism in the polar regions	p. 37
3 Global environmental change and mountain tourism	p. 54
4 Lakes and streams	p. 76
5 Tourism and forest ecosystems	p. 95
6 The coastal and marine environment	p. 107
7 Deserts and savannah regions	p. 128
8 Tourism urbanisation and global environmental change	p. 142
Part II Global issues	p. 157
9 Tourism, disease and global environmental change: the fourth transition?	p. 159
10 Tourism and water	p. 180
11 Extreme weather events	p. 195
12 Tourism, biodiversity and global environmental change	p. 211
Part III Stakeholder adaptation and perceptions	p. 227
13 The role of climate information in tourist destination choice decision making	p. 229
14 Restructuring the tourist industry: new marketing perspectives for global environmental change	p. 251
15 US ski industry adaptation to climate change: hard, soft and policy strategies	p. 262
16 The example of the avalanche winter 1999 and the storm Lothar in the Swiss Alps	p. 286
17 Tourists and global environmental change: a possible scenario in relation to nature and authenticity	p. 293
18 Conclusion: wake up ... this is serious	p. 305
Index	p. 321

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